Pictures and comments from my many bass and crappie fishing trips to Lake Fork, Texas. Lake Fork is one of the premier bass fishing lakes in the USA. Guides Dale Stokes: 903-850-5319 and Rhandy Simmons: 903-841-1844. Lodging Hook Line and Sinker: 817-821-9003.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

March 5 and 6, 2012

I had planned a 3 day trip with Dale this week but 40 mph winds howling out of the south put a stop to that. Monday was a beautiful day with temperatures in the 70's and light winds. We boated 12 bass on jigs and shakey heads, but nothing over 5 pounds. We deliberately stayed out in deeper water, 10-15 feet, and pitched up toward shore and around timber. There are a lot of small males moving up shallow getting ready for the spawn and we had hopes of snagging a better staging fish like I did a couple of weeks ago. No luck. Tuesday the forecast was for extreme winds, but the morning was fishable. We poked around til the winds got nasty around 10:30 am, then fled to the shore. I fished a jig all morning and only had about 4 bites and landed 1 small bass. Dale did about the same. Fork is just short of the spawn and things should get hopping pretty soon. I plan to go back soon!